[pc86]

Initial thoughts after playing one popular score[0] in FF dev 46.0a2 (3/2). I can only see four measures per screen, which is fine. However, by the time it scrolls to the next page it's already played 2.5-3 measures so really all I see is a constantly scrolling mass of notes, none of witch are the ones being played at the moment.

Playing another popular score[1] I get constant notifications of other people entering the score, which seems to slow down the animation a bit behind the audio. The slow scroll of the staves when the song moves to the next line also makes the animation a bit sluggish until it gets to the top and is smooth again (but starts scrolling about 1.5 measures later anyway).

It seems like a neat project but the playback usability leaves some to be desired.

[0] https://flat.io/score/56cbc1e390851c1618bae44a

[1] https://flat.io/score/56cf72ecebcadbb864b63c11-hello-adele

[espadrine]

Is there a reason to have a scroll at all?

When seeing the pagination, I imagined the app's author thinking it would make people right in their element. However, realistically, importing the annoyances of paper scores to the browser seems like a mistake. It makes more sense to have the score go infinitely towards the right, which they do on their non-default ?layout=track option.

As an aside, what about the legality of publishing copyrighted music that can be played without paying royalties?

[rannoup]

We had and have so many debate over that topic. Actually, both ideas are true. As you I would prefer the track view, but many had claimed the "page view". One thing for sure, the scroll isn't convenient at all... We're working to address that and improve the overall experience :)

[cocoggu]

Yeah the auto scroll feature may be lagging on huge scores.

My best advice would be to switch the display in horizontal mode with the button on the top right toolbar.

[zo1]

For me it's even worse scrolling sideways. It looks like it's 5fps on chrome even.

[barkingcat]

Agreed. The scrolling effect is really annoying and unnecessary for the task of actually displaying what's playing.